Kristin Leight, MD
Psychiatry
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 to 65
Penn Psychiatry Market Street 2nd Floor
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
My education and training
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Highmark Blue Shield BlueCare Custom PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield First Priority Life (FPLIC) - AffordaBlue PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield My Blue Access PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield My Direct Blue EPO
- Highmark Blue Shield PPO
- Humana Military (Tricare/Health Net Federal Services) HMO
- Humana Military (Tricare/Health Net Federal Services) PPO
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry, 2009
- American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, National
- American Psychiatric Association, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Leight K “Case Conceptualization" , Differential Psychotherapeutics: 2019
Fitelson E, Kim S, Baker AS, Leight K Treatment of postpartum depression: clinical, psychological and pharmacological options , International Journal of Women’s Health, 3: 2010,1-14
Leight KL, Fitelson EM, Weston CA, Wisner KL Childbirth and mental disorders , International Review of Psychiatry, 22(5): 2010,453-71
Monk C, Leight K, Fang Y. The Relationship between Women’s Attachment Style and Perinatal Mood Disturbance: Implications for Screening and Treatment , Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 11(2): 2008,117-29
Leight, K., Joachim, N. The Empathy Conference - (a review) , Academy Forum, 51(2): 2007,10-11
Leight K. “Transitions.” , The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death.: 2006
Chen J, Kamath R, Lam A, Litrovnik B, Leight K, Miller S, Sawady J, Schultz A. How will changes in resident work hours affect medical students? , Current Surgery, 60(3): 2003,268-70
Leight K Transitions , Current Surgery, 60(2): 2003,174-5
Altshuler L, Mintz J, Leight K The LFQ: A brief, gender-neutral scale assessing functional outcome. , Psychiatry Research, 112(2): 2002,161-82
Altshuler L, Mintz J, Leight K, Frye M, Gitlin M Subsyndromal depression is associated with functional impairment in patients with bipolar disorder , Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 63(9): 2002,807-11